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• ADAM CAMPBELL
  Adam and his brother Elisa left their home in Charleston SC and wentup into the mountains to live with the Cherokee. There Adam met JohnGreen, father to Lucresa. He is listed as John's partner in a will heleft when passing. They owned a gold mine. The mine was left todaughter Lucresa. They were Cherokee. Adam hid Lucresa and sonAlexander in brush when the Cherokee were forced from their lands tokeep them from being taken away.
  
  "They were not legally married according to white men's laws. Theymade their way to Georgia and lived with Cherokee people there, thentraveled to Walker County Alabama and had several Children. They wereburied there on their own property because Lucresa wasn't allowed tobe buried in a white man's cemetery due to her Cherokee heritage. Thefamily never received government reimbursement for the lands that thegovernment took from Lucresa during the Indian removal. This is due tothe fact the marriage could not be proven. Adam was a preacher at onetime and a Union sympathizer during the civil war."
  --  Geni, http://www.geni.com/people/ADAM-CAMPBELL/6000000007442497367
  
  I am uncertain about this statement that they went to Georgia to livewith the Cherokees there after avoiding the Cherokee Removal fromCarolina, when the Georgia Cherokee land was included in the Removal.But it might have been in a later stage.  Even the first Alabama landswhere they later lived in DeKalb County were originally Cherokee land. The Removal occurred in 1836-39.
  
  In 1850, Adam and Lucinda were enumerated with their children in CassCounty, Georgia, consistent with the statement above about theirmoving to Georgia after the Cherokee Removal.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cass County, Georgia, 23 September, Division 12,p 320-21 (scan 160-61), Hse #860, Fam #870
  Adam Camel [sic] 45 M [No statement of occupation] $No Real Estate bNorth Carolina [born abt 1805]
  Lucinda Camel 44 F North Carolina [born abt 1806]
  Alexr Camel 22 M b North Carolina [born abt 1828]
  John Camel 16 M b North Carolina [born abt 1834]
  Jackson Camel 14 M b North Carolina [born abt 1836]
  Katherine Camel 6 F North Carolina [born abt 1844]
  Julia Camel 3 F North Carolina [born abt 1847]
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  General T Camel 1 M b Georgia [born abt 1849]
  Milly Camel 17 F Georgia [born abt 1833]
  Thomas I Camel 4mo M b Georgia [born abt May 1850]
  
  Adam bought land in Alabama in 1852, but it was in DeKalb County, theLebanon area, not Walker County, where all later events arereferenced.  DeKalb County was created out of lands ceded to the USGovernment by the Cherokee Nation in connection with the forcedRemoval.  The area that became DeKalb County was once the home ofSequoyah, who developed the Cherokee alphabet.
  
  Alabama Land Records
  Document Number: 13907
  Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
  Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
  Adam Campbell
  Land Office: LEBANON
  Total Acres: 40.05
  Signature: Yes
  Canceled Document: No
  Issue Date: 1 Dec 1852
  Mineral Rights Reserved: No
  Metes and Bounds: No
  Multiple Warantee Names: No
  Multiple Patentee Names: No
  Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
  Land Description: 1 NENW   HUNTSVILLE No 9S 6E 23
  
  I am not sure about this reference to Huntsville on this landregistration.  The land is in DeKalb, according to the certificate,and Huntsville is in Madison County, two counties to the northeast.
  
  Adam later states he has lived on the same farm near Jasper, WalkerCounty, for 19 years, making it since 1953.  The Walker County landrecords, however, record that he first "entered government land" therein 1855, according to the History of Walker County : its towns and itspeople.  But that could be the formal date of filing his purchase,after living there for a couple of years.  The certificate of landregistration I have seen for Walker is dated January 1858.  WalkerCounty is four counties west of DeKalb County.
  
  Land record for Adam Campbell 1855
  "Campbell, Adam, entered government land in Section 1, Township 13,Range 6, on January 4, 1855.  Walker County Tract Record"
  
  The certificate on that 80-acre tract of land was recorded on 1 March1858.  Perhaps it took him three years to pay for the land.
  
  Five years later in the 1860 census, Adam and Lucresa are living inWalker County, Alabama, near Jasper.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama, 6 June, Eastern Division,PO Jasper, Page 7 (869), House #40, Family #37
  Adam Camel [sic] 52 M Farmer $160 Real estate $440 Personal b SCCannot read or write [born abt 1808]
  Lucrissa Camel 54 F Domestic SC Cannot read or write [born abt 1806]
  Catherine Camel 16 F Domestic GA [born abt 1844]
  July A Camel 13 F GA [born abt 1847]
  General T Camel 10 M GA Attended School
  Burd Camel 6 M Ala Attended School
  
  Their son John was living next door.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama, 6 June, Eastern Division,PO Jasper, Page 7 (869), House #41, Family #38
  John R Camel [sic] 24 M Farmer $160 Real estate $150 Personal b SCCannot read or write [born abt 1836]
  Jane C Camel 25 F Domestic Ala Cannot read or write [born abt 1835]
  Flora A Camel 3 F Ala [born abt 1857]
  Sarah T Camel 1 F Ala [born abt 1859]
  
  Next door to John was Adam's oldest son Alexander.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama, 6 June, Eastern Division,PO Jasper, Page 7 (869), House #42, Family #39
  Alex Camel [sic] 27 M MD $160 Real estate $250 Personal b SC Cannotread or write [born abt 1833]
  Milly Camel 25 F Domestic GA Cannot read or write [born abt 1835]
  Thomas J Camel 10 M GA [born abt 1850]
  Robert Camel 8 M Ala [born abt 1852]
  Samuel H Camel 6 M Ala [born abt 1854]
  Sarah A E Camel 3 F Ala [born abt 1857]
  Andrew J Camel 11mos M Ala [born abt July 1859]
  
  Lucresa died only two years after this census.  She was buried ontheir farm.  Adam was buried next to her after his death in 1873.
  
  Records of various kinds indicate that Adam and his family lived inWalker County, Alabama.  In an affidavit in 1872 he states that he haslived in his present location, about 20 miles from Jasper, Alabama,working as a farmer, for 19 years (since 1853).  That would mean theymoved about a year after he bought the land in DeKalb County.  I havenot found a record of the sale, but that may be how he funded thepurchase of his farm in Walker County.
  
  In 1870, the enumerator manages to spell the family name correctly.(Probably earlier enumerators were actually correctly recording thename as the family pronounced it.  You will hear it pronounced thatway today by some.)  In this census, Adam is not noted as unable toread and write, though such a designation is give for Rebeca andGeneral.  Note also that now Adam is reported as born in Georgia, notSouth Carolina.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama, 30 June, p 4-5, POJasper, Hse /Fam #30
  Campbell, Adam  65 M W Farmer $200 Real Estate $200 Personal Estate bGeorgia [b abt 1852]
  Campbell, Rebeca 30 F W  Keeping House b Georgia Cannot read or write[born abt 18]
  Campbell, General 20 M W Works on Farm b Georgia Cannot read or write[b abt 1850]
  Campbell, Byrd 16 M W Works on Farm b Alabama [b abt 1854]
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  Campbell, James 8 M W b Alabama [b abt 1862]
  Campbell, Salina 7 F W b Alabama [b abt 1863]
  
  In this census, the youngest child in Adam's home was a daughterSalina age 7.  Thus she born in about 1863, after the death ofLucresa.  It appears that the second person listed in Adam's householdis Rebecca age 30.  No Rebecca has been in the household before.  Thisappears to be Adam's second wife, whom he married after Lucresa'sdeath.  So this Salina would be Rebecca's daughter.
  
  I do note that none of the Campbell genealogies I have seen recordRebecca as a second wife, or have Salina as a child.  At least onelists Rebecca as a daughter, even though she does not show up untilthe 1870 census.  Some have an additional child, Joshua born about1857, but this child is not reported in the 1860 or 1870 census.  Thegenealogies reporting this child have no death date for Joshua.  Theyalso lack James who shows up in the 1870 census, and appears to beAdam's son, not a grandchild. Some link to the proper 1860 and 1870censuses, but do not account for these individuals.
  
  James is likely Lucresa's child, since his age puts his birth in 1862,and if exact (if he has actually had his 8th birthday as reported), hewas born several months before Lucresa's date of death on her grave,13 September 1862.  If his age is general and he has not yet actuallyhad his 8th birthday, it could be that Rebecca died in childbirth withhim or soon after.
  
  Adam was a veteran of the Seminole Wars.  Many Cherokees fought withUS forces in the three conflicts with the various Seminole tribessouth of US territory in the Spanish province of East Florida (WestFlorida already being Us Territory, as part of the LouisianaPurchase).  During the CIvil War, Adam and his sons supported theUnion and John R and Alexander joined the 1st Alabama Cavalry (USA).
  
  Adam supported the Union as he could on home ground, and testifiedafter the war in a series of about 15 affidavits as to his loyalty forthe Union all during the secession movement and war (referred to inUSA documents as "the Rebellion").  In this affidavit he testifiesthat at one point he was arrested by local authorities for his supportof the Union and was held in the county jail for two months.  He wasarrested several other times on similar charges.  He provided suppliesto the Union forces, and after the war presented claims for payment,which were approved.
  
  Gravestone of Adam Campbell, husband of Lucresa Green
  Companion stone to his wife Lucresa (Green) Campbell; Private plot,near Smith Lake, Walker County, Alabama
  "Adam Campbell  Born Nov 12, 1802   Died Dec 22, 1873"

Sources

• 1. Geni
  • Campbell Family,
• 2. Gravestone of Adam Campbell, Private plot, near Smith Lake, WalkerCounty, Alabama
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Cass County, Georgia
  • 23 September, Division 12, p 320-21 (scan 160-61), Hse #860, Fam #870
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama
  • 6 June, Eastern Division, PO Jasper, Page 7 (869), House #40, Family
• 5. 1870 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama
  • 30 June, p 4-5, PO Jasper, Hse /Fam #30
• 6. Alabama Land Records
  • Document Number: 13907, Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566,  Act or
• 7. Walker Cuonty, Alabama Land Records 1855
• 8. Clint Norwood, Note left on genealogy site, 1 July 2011
• 9. Ancestry Trees
  • Rosenbaum/Driscoll,
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Lynn Tyler,
• 11. Gravestone of Lucresa (Green) Campbell, Private plot, near Smith Lake,Walker County, Alabama
• 12. Court Documents, Anderson District, South Carolina
  • Charge and witness statement, names Lucretia Campbell as wife odf Adam